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10 Rules for Small Business and Social Networks

Jun
16
2009
By Gary Barber

Posted in  social networking, web business

Does small business really need online social media.   Is it really going to provide those instant  benefits that the media and some experts are raving about.

Online Social networkers (or media)  is now all the rave. It’s the new kid on the block, the dream that some many people in business are now chasing as the quick fix.  Now I have seen this wave of blind business hysteria all before, it’s nothing new.

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Reasons for a Private Twitter Stream

May
5
2009
By Gary Barber

Posted in  blogging, twitter

People have often asked me why is your twitter stream is set to private.   Why don’t you just open it up to the rest of the world like everyone else does.  Don’t you get this social networking thing.  Why are you just trying to keep things private, when if you have a footprint on the web it’s just a little pointless.

Well yes there are lots if good reasons to open up a twitter stream to the public, here are a few:

  • It’s really easy for people to decide to connect with you if they can read your previous tweets.
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Introduction to Twitter Mainstreaming

Mar
17
2009
By Gary Barber

Posted in  twitter

Well Twitter is mainstreaming, as we all know, every man, woman and child it appears wants to be on Twitter.  They are all trying to work out what this latest crazy is all about. It’s been an interesting road with Twitter from the early days in late 2006.

For a while there it really did look like Twitter wasn’t going to make it over the fail whale. But here we are on the tail end of another South by South West conference  and Twitter isn’t missing a beat.

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Social Media Betas are a Waste of Time

Dec
31
2008
By Gary Barber

Posted in  social networking

You know the drill, you find a shiny new social media site that you like the look of. All your investigations into the site check out, it’s reviews from your peers sound promising. So you go to register, only to find that it is in limited beta release.  This is the type where you need the invite code to sign up.

Only way to get the invite code is from an existing member or put your name down on the public request for an invite list.  A list that you just know is going to  be  kilometres long already.   So you sign up anyway, hoping that they will get to you soon.  But you know in the back of your mind that this isn’t going to happen.

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